Daily Republican., 1887-09-10
A PROBABLE MURDEK.
A Young Salesman Stabbed oy a Jesi-
ous L over ia q Disreputabie House IN
Ph iiadelpnta.

Gus Lover Ia q Disreputabie House IN
Ph iiadelpnis.
Michael Hogan, "a years Of age, q
bartender near Ten tn and Locust streets
Philadelphia, was fatally stabbed IN
Lot.ie Stanton's house, 256 South
Twelfth street, between 2 and O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. His assailapt,
Samuel Howard, Aliss "Dootor Du
Bois," of the southwest corner OF
Twelfth and Locust streets, escaped.
Howard, who 10 not over % years OF
age, was intimate with an inmate OF
the house, who is known as Daisy How
ard, alias Nellie O'Brien. She has
only been thera three days, and was
brought to the house by Howard. Ho
gan and o com panioD, Daniel Mclean,
who rooms st the Delaware House, Sec
ond and Pine streets, went to the house
ct o'clock yesterday morning. They
were both under the ibflneDce OF liquor
and they laid they had been to S,huet
zen Park the day before and had not
gone home. They remained until after
noon, sleeping in the third-story front
room.
; About Q O'Clock Howard came in aud
: vent up stairs to Nellie O'BrieL' 8 room,
on the third floor, back. In a spirit OF
mischief che pushed open the door lead
Ing into the front room and entered. =.
Howard waited few minutes and then
followed her. He found her laughing
and joking with Hogan and Mclean.
His Jealousy got the best OF him and he
!. ordered her out of the room. She re.
, fus sed to 60 and Mclean arose and
2 walked towards Howard, saying that
! the girl should remain where she was.
o He is said to have struck Howard and
thu two men fought.
Hogan inter.sred and tried to push
Howard outside the door. Howard
1t drew q knife and thrust 1t into the right
IT side OF Hogsn's stomach, penetrating
1t the liver. The wounded man staggered
J. back and Howrsd, mad with Jealousy
= drew the knife ACROSS his right arm al
be fell. The proprietress, Lottie Stan
tbD, heard the noise aud ran up-stair,
Ia time to see Mclean jump forward
ia and seize Howard by the throat. Sh'
" did not see the dripping knife In How
8. ard's hsud and she walked in between
the men and tried to separate them
q. Mclean still continued to show fight
q. md the proprietress and q colored ser
want held him while Howard ran cowl
stairs. On the second story landing b
met Ruby Carr, another inmate, wh
I'd saw that he was blood stained and car
ly Tried knife.
al "What have you been noing?" sh
asked.
"No.hinz much" he replied; "py
only stabbed a man, that's ALL" II
ran down stairs and escaped out th
back way. Instead Of notifyi ing the pt
he lice the woman Stanton sent for ID!
he Frederick .. Mount, Of 1907 Spruc
at street, who came to the house and o
.,nded to the wound. Then she ran
for carriage and told the driver to
around 10 the side street.
While thsy were carrying the ipjure
"a man out the side way Oh stedna
Va strs5t, Officer Adds, OF the Nine,eent
Ive district, saw them and made an inve
,ee tigation. He learned Of the stsbbir
et and reported 1t a. the station hous
after sending Hogan to the Jeffersc
N : Medical College Hospital, where he
ali said to bs IA dying condition. A d
~ scription OF Howard has been sent
a. every police station in fhs city. Dste
tivss are looking for hin., and all 4
railroad stations and ferris aro wstch
, -, to prevent his escape. Two years a
], IN Howard practiced medicine Illegally
no Ninth and Cherry streets under t
~. name of cdr. Du Bois," and he W
'''' arrested and served year in jail
performing several criminal ope. atiot
i. A burly attendant at the Jeffers
ns Medical College Hospital positively !
~ fused to give any information as to t
d extent of Hogan's injuries and used
~ sulting language to ell the reporte
: who applied for information. Hogan
:. com panion, Daniel Mclean, left t
All house before the arrival Of the office
roe He is q well known man about tow
zee. An officer has been stationed at the hC
pital with orders to arrest him In ca
he applies for admission.